"TDP To Be Blamed For Telangana"

Transport Minister Botsa Satyanarayana on Wednesday blamed the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for the stalemate on resolving the Telangana statehood issue, and also issued an open challenge to the opposition to introduce a no-confidence motion in the state Assembly.

Satyanarayana's challenge came after predictions that the government's fall might be imminent in the wake of the growing support to former Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy by Congress MLAs.

The minister told mediapersons that those people who claim that the state government had fallen into a minority could introduce a no-confidence motion in the Assembly.

Satyanarayana said that instead of making 'baseless' claims that most of the Congress MLAs were keen to join Jaganmohan Reddy's yet-to-be established party, the doomsday prophesiers could as well bring in a no-trust motion against the government to clear their doubts.

The minister said that there were various other issues far more important for the government than the activities of Jaganmohan Reddy.

Satyanarayana termed the issue of separate Telangana statehood demands as 'very sensitive'. He said that the centre had to tread very carefully while dealing with the issue. Consultations with all the parties was part of the government's efforts to solve the contentious issue, he stated.

The minister also blamed the TDP for the Telangana issue, and its resultant law and order problems. He pointed out that Union Home Minister P Chidambaram had made his famous December 9th, 2009, statement where he said that the process of creation of Telangana had begun only after consulting all the major parties including TDP. The TDP had later backed out from its words, leading to the current problems, the minister said.

Satyanarayana said that if the TDP agreed to the decisions taken by the Congress on the bifurcation of the state, the imbroglio would be resolved within 'seconds'.

He said that it was time that the TDP should take a firm and concrete decision on the Telangana state issue.

Courtesy: INN